Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the announcement that Bord Gáis intends to increase electricity prices by between 10% and 14% and the expectation that increases in gas prices will follow and add to the financial strain experienced by hundreds of thousands of already suffering families, especially among the most vulnerable in our society, which will undoubtedly give rise to circumstances in which many of these families will be forced into fuel poverty this winter and will struggle to heat their homes adequately at reasonable cost.

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